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Test 9 · ★ · In the classroom

Jessica's friend says, "Me too, la, but I'm not saying it in French." ("La" means mate.) How would she say "it's easy"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, La · What happens: say, not say, mean, be · To what, where: friend, French, mate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 20 «In the classroom» of the French course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Jessica's friend says, "Me too, la, but I'm not saying it in French."

nmod:posscasensubjpunctpunctccompadvmodpunctconjpunctccnsubjauxadvmodccompobjcaseoblpunctpunctrootJessicaPROPN'sPARTfriendNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTMePRONtooADV,PUNCTlaX,PUNCTbutCCONJIPRON'mAUXnotPARTsayingVERBitPRONinADPFrenchPROPN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JessicaJessicaPROPNNumber=Sing3 friendnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Jessicacase
3friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_7 Mepunct
6""PUNCT_7 Mepunct
7MeIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 saysccomp
8tootooADV_7 Meadvmod
9,,PUNCT_10 lapunct
10lalaXForeign=Yes7 Meconj
11,,PUNCT_16 sayingpunct
12butbutCCONJ_16 sayingcc
13IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs16 sayingnsubj
14'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 sayingaux
15notnotPARTPolarity=Neg16 sayingadvmod
16sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 saysccomp
17ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 sayingobj
18ininADP_19 Frenchcase
19FrenchFrenchPROPNNumber=Sing16 sayingobl
20..PUNCT_4 sayspunct
21""PUNCT_4 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentJessica's friendvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not say speech: assert in a quotepresent · progressiveJessica's friend = friendfriendFrenchvn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme in french=Manner

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: ("La" means mate.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctobjpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTLaPROPN"PUNCTmeansVERBmateNOUN.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Lapunct
3LaLaPROPNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Lapunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6matemateNOUNNumber=Sing5 meansobj
7..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentLamatevn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic

Sentence 3: How would she say "it's easy"?

advmodauxnsubjpunctexplcopccomppunctpunctrootHowADVwouldAUXshePRONsayVERB"PUNCTitPRON'sAUXeasyADJ"PUNCT?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HowhowADVPronType=Int4 sayadvmod
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 sayaux
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 saynsubj
4saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5""PUNCT_8 easypunct
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 easyexpl
7'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 easycop
8easyeasyADJDegree=Pos4 sayccomp
9""PUNCT_8 easypunct
10??PUNCT_4 saypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertwouldLavn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is in a quotepresenteasy propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Très bien.

flat:foreignpunctrootTrèsXbienX.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TrèsTrèsXForeign=Yesrootroot
2bienbienXForeign=Yes1 Trèsflat:foreign
3..PUNCT_1 Trèspunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

C'est difficile.

compoundpunctrootC'estXdifficileNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1C'estC'estXForeign=Yes2 difficilecompound
2difficiledifficileNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3..PUNCT_2 difficilepunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

C'est facile.

deppunctrootC'estXfacileADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1C'estC'estXForeign=Yes2 faciledep
2facilefacileADJDegree=Posrootroot
3..PUNCT_2 facilepunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

J'ai fini.

flat:foreignpunctrootJ'aiXfiniX.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1J'aiJ'aiXForeign=Yesrootroot
2finifiniXForeign=Yes1 J'aiflat:foreign
3..PUNCT_1 J'aipunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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